hawkish

adjective

Definition of hawkishnext
as in warlike

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Recent Examples of hawkish Masahiro Motoki plays Murashige, a real-life warrior of the era whose clan broke with the hawkish Oda (Bando Shingo), seeking refuge in Arioka Castle. — Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 If policymakers don’t hike, Warsh will need to temper investors’ fears that the Fed might never act on his hawkish posturing. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 29 July 2026 McGurk, the most hawkish voice around Biden, declined to be quoted for this article. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 Still, the overall trend has been a more hawkish Fed as the economy has remained resilient, with half of policymakers predicting rate hikes soon. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hawkish
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawkish
  1. warlike
  2. bloodthirsty
  3. militaristic
  4. militarist
  5. martial
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  • Macron says fires are warlike crisis for France Out-of-control wildfires represent France’s greatest crisis since World War II, President Emmanuel Macron said.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
  • The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Definition of warlike
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  • Critics and audiences alike went gaga over Sam Reid’s glammed-out turn as a bloodthirsty vampire gone rock star in AMC’s The Vampire Lestat.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The sight of Anne Hathaway dressed in a denim co-ord and blasting a bloodthirsty Allosaurus in the face with a shotgun fixes that absence real fast.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of bloodthirsty
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  • Priced from $41,520, the MT1 looks like something from the world of Japanese anime, with none of the militaristic menace of Tesla’s pickup.
    — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • The seemingly militaristic act of archery and peaceful meditation may seem diametrically opposed.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of militaristic
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  • Japan has neither of such weapons, and yet Japan is labeled neo-militarist.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 31 May 2026
  • Right, in France, means pro-Catholic, pro-militarist.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Definition of militarist
Adjective
  • Hence the enduring agency, admittedly fainter in reproduction, of evil eyes reproduced on martial regalia to this day.
    — Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
  • This marvel of exploration often dovetails with martial aims.
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2026
Definition of martial

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